A Clinical Approach to Effective Functional Data Analysis

A UDSMR, now part of McBee, clinical consulting manager will discuss the importance of accurate functional coding and its effects on a facility’s payment, severity and quality data. Following this webinar, you will be able to use the outlined framework to identify opportunities for your clinical staff to improve the accuracy of their functional quality indicator codes in order to optimize key facility metrics.

A full agenda is available here.

Target Audience: This intermediate-level activity is applicable for inpatient rehabilitation professionals, including nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, PPS Coordinators and program directors.

Presenter: Heather Girard, MSPT, CSRS, CBIS. Learn more about Heather here. Heather has no financial interest to disclose.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Describe how functional quality indicator codes are used to assign a CMG
• Identify UDS-PRO^® reports that can help you identify functional QI coding trends at your facility
• Determine when functional data may reflect opportunities to improve your program’s coding accuracy and/or assessment practices